Books on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry was a difficult book for some of us at Book Interrupted to read. We offer caution to anyone who has had big T trauma in their childhood.
As is usual at Book Interrupted we have differing opinions. Some of us believe that this book might not be the best option for you and that it is deeply triggering. Others of us think this book could be helpful, validating and supportive in better understanding the impact of your experiences. Readers should be alerted to prepare themselves for the read, taking care to check in with themselves regularly and plan in advance who they can touch base with should they feel overwhelmed/disregulated.
For a couple of weeks on the Sunday blog, we offer other resources on trauma, for any listeners who would like to learn more, or who also found this book difficult for them and would like support and other perspectives. Last week we shared some crisis lines and online resources. This week we share other books on trauma. This is not a definitive list. Please share any other books on trauma in the comments section below.
OTHER BOOKS ON TRAUMA
Many of the following suggested books come from recommendations from the Wisdom of Trauma team at Science and Nonduality.
Gabor Maté: When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (U.S. subtitle: Exploring the Stress/Disease Connection)
Gabor Maté: In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction
Gabor Maté: Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (U.S. title: Scattered: How ADD Originates and What You Can Do About It)
Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score
Stephen Porges: The Polyvagal Theory (for professionals)
Peter Levine: In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
Peter Levine: Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of the Body
Peter Levine: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Mark Wolynn: It Didn’t Start With You
Thomas Hübl: Healing Collective Trauma
Julie Brown Yau: The Body Awareness Workbook for Trauma
John Sarno: The Mindbody Prescription: Healing The Body, Healing the Pain
Jeffrey Rediger: Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life
Anita Morjani: Dying to Be Me
Mark Epstein: The Trauma of Everyday Life
Daniel Siegel: The Developing Mind
Bruce D. Perry: Brief: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society
Bruce D. Perry: Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential—and Endangered
Diane Poole Heller: The Power of Attachment
Laurence Heller and Aline Lapierre: Healing Developmental Trauma
Nadine Burke Harris: The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
Resmaa Menakem: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies